Russian President Dmitry Medvedev places a candle in the chapel named after prince Dimitry Pozharsky in Spaso-Yefimyevsky monastery in the ancient Russian city of Suzdal, about 200 km (124 miles) east of Moscow, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009, with Orthodox Archbishop of Vladimir and Suzdal, Evlogy, right. Medvedev arrived in Suzda to unveil the chapel named after one of the leaders of the struggle against foreign invaders in 1612, marking the National Unity Day, the new holiday created in 2005 to replace the traditional Nov. 7 celebration of the 1917 Bolshevik rise to power. But it has been seized upon by extreme nationalists. AP Photo logo AP Photo 1 month ago

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev places a candle in the chapel named after prince Dimitry Pozharsky in Spaso-Yefimyevsky monastery in the ancient Russian city of Suzdal, about 200 km (124 miles) east of Moscow, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009, with Orthodox Archbishop of Vladimir and Suzdal, Evlogy, right. Medvedev arrived in Suzda to unveil the chapel named after one of the leaders of the struggle against foreign invaders in 1612, marking the National Unity Day, the new holiday created in 2005 to replace the traditional Nov. 7 celebration of the 1917 Bolshevik rise to power. But it has been seized upon by extreme nationalists.

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